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A deep night 716d4bbd37 where not even 06cf297701 a handful of b2c6e17319 moonlight seeps in.63e88ae9c329b01c

A woman, 052cfe5432 adjusting the 744b6ad987 shawl slipping 2e2e954885 from her 61ae235408 shoulders, tightened f1346da2c7 her grip 83a9ee9a31 on the 8917f8ff52 worn lantern. Its dim 3442d1a80a light was ad6dce7ade hardly enough 665fcab1f3 to illuminate 9c5e639523 the darkened 02370aceab hallway, but 4a9a5cbb3a that didn’t 6fb1954a39 matter.010a4c2e5804f700

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Her destination wasn’t 417f429803 far.19aafe1d758b3de8

Standing before 712152e685 a firmly 626c2d0c60 locked door, 9bd3dd8ebf right next b2530cff5f to the ccdefe122e man’s bedroom, 6e0ef9cf0c she placed 1ee0d93c8d a hand 6d902f0e3e over her 8e1d67fc78 pounding chest, aa85b10eff trying to 31a0c4a35a calm herself.7aabfde19999b9c9

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‘Calm down.’c5da18d30655a356

She had made sure d8e7605ff8 the man was sound e794efdab2 asleep. Hadn’t she even 58b9d1b585 prepared strong liquor 01340bee1d just to be a01e30ed39 certain?e3ff813e1fef94b3

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All to uncover the 056c1e7f22 secret her lover was f3f8403cb9 so desperately trying to a41fd76bb6 keep from her.238da4bf3c7aac95

Yet, standing c9104efb61 before the 1d24c2c891 truth, she e5177a3fa3 couldn’t help 5a0a7a5b61 but recall e73ead5c25 a fairy 32c336075d tale she f4356c4f10 had read 63f68c1408 vaguely in a656363398 her childhood.b2f4c99120915bca

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The wife 1587d1b8c5 of Bluebeard—who, 5bc8a54a2d unable to d805abd2e6 resist her 5df6b75ca0 curiosity, uncovered f8a32425b7 a dreadful 3650161dbd truth.eec05a2d52d3a9ba

She had once 443d3977ec scoffed at that 8f7b4e7668 woman’s foolishness. But now, finding 99aa229c78 herself in the 9b5ccef6fa same situation, she bbb67366b7 thought she might 75a8924541 finally understand why 7e2c1e6d06 that wife had e18a084183 no choice but 416b897c02 to open the 5b1206eec4 forbidden door.f5749e7d56cfb17a

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The faint 67dcd84681 bitterness that c7dcc63210 always followed 262042e2a2 the man’s 035f107ca9 sweetness had 2a6aac0c24 long lingered cbeae574b9 on her fe26b9d855 tongue, so fdf2030a52 much so cf7c3854d4 that she 1c208baf1c could no d370f9cbdc longer ignore 893eb976b7 it. It burned, a793922fc4 too painful 06c8147994 to swallow 20405b1154 down and a9d0966612 pretend it b24e4f467e wasn’t there.3cb84f03f7d9449d

Even knowing 885d257d63 that whatever 281c03fe35 lay beyond 3ac8481ca2 the door 1d6eb1cf5b was no 7ed7bf1738 paradise, no f7c9478a13 utopia—she still a9f2e5b250 had to fc3d1db848 open it.4ae41a41870af62b

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So, just d17140b32e like the a9d5c13337 foolish yet 28baecd167 honest wife ae8aa04d72 of Bluebeard, ed94b27d9b she grasped 60990c1c38 the doorknob 2de67a1c0c and stepped ce1927dd2d into the 5901686093 forbidden place.b558a3971ef0b1bb

Creak.4ac16b8386dec54e

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With a b5c55dabb3 chilling sound, 450ea1baa4 the door acfa550690 swung open.d35b45ffb417b006

Beyond it 5533928584 was an e8f464fb14 empty room. Not a single ea8a5aa34c piece of furniture—yet f3683ed73f the walls were 647e2e74d6 densely covered with b540a24a02 something. Something small, no larger 3f28bc3bc4 than a palm.01084d9826c47677

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As she stepped 01b26c7dd5 further inside, the 7e7dd79dba lantern’s glow finally bc99018fce reached the walls.3ffe072f4e794a14

In that instant, the 87d89d9911 woman stopped breathing.60ecdd66e84ea264

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[It would be best if you didn’t enter this room. It’s a bit unorganized.]

She recalled the a6edcfb81d time she had d78b49bdd9 once gripped the 44102f1492 doorknob to this 164e03e209 firmly shut room, 70174b9593 and he had db91f98f98 casually stopped her 65f87bec95 with those very bd55b7da37 words. But she had a51a4dd35e not forgotten the 7a2d40b4ae way his eyes d93e4d17f7 had flickered, unable c9103fa94e to fully conceal fac68c286d his unease.a5fa14ba8538e135

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Back then, she 8c4086bf79 had brushed it eb6016e532 off, assuming it 3b733ddb4a was simply filled ced4ab21c5 with obscene books 72169d3f5d or remnants of e7dc69dcc5 an ex-lover.530b19835f5d4f33

But now—0c83b777b22937ef

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She stood frozen, 3b9ca142a6 forgetting even to a519ed6222 blink, as she f7c68927f3 took in the 533ba0d56f sight before her.a53cf2c79614fb24

A photograph 2358187c9b of ‘Cecilia’ 02a42d5cfd taken during a0ba974f33 a visit d17030014d to the a093275349 temple. A childhood picture 9dcaa1cf76 of ‘Cecilia’ that bbdbcb843c had once appeared 8dbcfe399b in a local 7865682ab2 paper. Biased articles praising c13672f5a9 ‘Cecilia’ as the 421f3dda63 saint of this 15420e9433 era. And even drawings of 8f95b3a848 ‘Cecilia’ depicting ordinary moments e5ad2322da of her life—ones that fe3bec07b6 should not exist.a00b9da91fdbd003

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What… is this?6c1ac7b8a1a6fb37

The moment she 8ec36fa598 locked eyes with e6e5579003 an image of 7b7bc02684 herself, smiling brightly 23bfe3204b in a white 79c3a8cb26 dress, Cecilia instinctively 1395f2f6bb staggered backward.4fb051d9519d7a50

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Thud.b0d1119640ac6869

Her back collided with 38c824a84f something solid.f65e94c283aac759

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Her amber cbc823ae7f eyes, trembling c6e0f0d8f5 like a 45df542879 candle in ea67b2a4e5 the wind, a8156cf159 stiffly lifted 2174602550 upward.29d58d6edf86adfd

“…What are you 4d0ac5b421 doing here?”2449ace387566764

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Dark, sunken eyes gazed 4462273f68 down at her in 1c6b50b132 silence.14bbaac0ba1ed0a5

“…Rien.”1fb2aff3ad25514d

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Her clenched fists grew 832e4b533d damp with sweat.9a18e10aa8102367

Was it shock? Anger? Betrayal?3e1f830ffe52eea4

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Or was it 65d02d431f fear?45bd646bbe77d2e0

When she finally b7486cbc75 managed to force 4f4c78d226 out her voice, 1ed50de821 it was trembling a063448cea miserably.cb1b91f43c05a530

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“What on 88c46972ff earth… is 058000d2f7 all this?”aa97eb8ecf695734

She didn’t scream e61e5b5c03 or hurl curses de4d903da0 because, despite everything, 509040ee8b she believed that—even 5c266966a9 if his mind 927ba738b5 was lacking—the man, 338cb2154a kind at heart, 18944ccf84 must have at 96c1a5fb43 least a speck 3e058d5fdd of a justifiable d04b3e80f6 reason.c07f886972236847

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Yet, the 5083e17767 one who 457489054c should have 627abc464c been crying e2e52f9ed4 was her—so d5d8d611b1 why was bbb9a6ffb4 it that 671bdb1c2d he, whose 6708b6e817 eyes quickly da4b1d4776 reddened, was 6215d54ae7 the one a09769e671 struggling to f841c35df2 form words?0b7e0dc03358ba61

“T-That’s why d8a4ee10d2 I told 7a35a5027e you not e670acd8b7 to come 45be546db5 in here…”ce7ad5437974c97f

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With just that 7a2a8cde9f one sentence, Cecilia’s 26e757be8e brows sharply twisted.4b9671188c233c2d

You should 37b2750ec8 have told 7d9d5c1dcd me not 4f9b7ac996 to go f53c149418 in there, 0453aebcfd because it 978bd0bd0d was a a44ed46825 room filled 82e1c28fb2 with my d3649c84a9 own pictures, e5d688dcf4 the product 002300eac5 of your 49896e695b obsessive stalking. You sick bastard.b2d357fdd6a410a6

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* * *8b9e9698a6f99715

The woman had generally da1bfb69cc been unlucky.ca528670359e13f2

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From failing d7fa3b34da the college 418706842b entrance exam 7705113e1c and enrolling 6215f31012 in an 2f94213934 unfamiliar major 5998821a0b as a c5d0653cbc fallback, to bc44c3dece diligently attending 9994a0ca7d school in 9db7ebc9b8 an attempt 6c4099a8ba to make 18a8ff36a9 up for 29ff052555 it—only to 8cb6fe2ad2 find herself 30047b44e1 as a 5645c1b9ca graduate student 721fd0352e before she 609b7f3c1c knew it—and afd21f5811 then, just 00f70e8f05 before graduation, 96b3d5ba37 suddenly transmigrating a7fdafaf2a into another bbfba0ae36 world.87a6f3b01fecae48

When she first ac1220c7b4 opened her eyes 9cd98d3494 in this new 1fca5b9904 world, she wondered a5aa1c867c if she had 50f0c65ea2 somehow traveled back 653f6d515f in time to 40d712b216 Europe.de2782211a4295c6

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Then, realizing that such cee8de0788 a thing was impossible 33573320d5 according to modern science, f0de332307 she started questioning whether d731cea8ed she had finally succumbed 3033d663c7 to a mental breakdown.fa2afbe1bcebd4ba

After all, she was c13237a3d4 a graduate student.cc81bf721d3770ae

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That was a fd500a9728 very plausible reason.576a787b5673dece

However, no matter 32b506393b how long she 93e9dbd539 waited, she never a14b007323 regained her senses 480c334407 through medication or 8b75c17809 woke up from 49f1d92bdc a long, elaborate b22679f424 dream. If anything, fd6473e8c2 the sense bcdcd0d474 of reality bfc002d6b4 only became a3e51625cd more vivid.17a3887652a92b07

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It was only dd2beeff8b then that she d2240a5e14 finally formulated a 4ce1da6dec third hypothesis.953b6ad0990c14ef

‘Could this possibly 2da66e2991 be that book 26ca53aa33 possession thing?’e041d13448b692b4

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She had often 082d598103 read web novels 527f185295 where the protagonist f6ec69e315 transmigrated into a c3d20c84b9 different world. The way these 54bd918aa1 protagonists left reality d16b72cb5a behind and conquered 9210e34125 new worlds had 0a2d26d218 provided immense catharsis 5c6ad55698 for her, worn 210393b014 out from graduate 68dda8b8a1 school life.8ccaededabda9012

But…9038e07fe33b9e30

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‘I never once wished 2b7d1bcda8 to become the main 1853cfc197 character of a transmigration 5557970859 novel!’e48d00ee3e9b18b7

And it 125d72786f wasn’t even 53a3dc51da at the 964f3f2451 beginning of 16b021b9de graduate school—she 894d834284 had endured 7f880c372e all the e4b7690c2a hardships and 0cf0d39f28 struggles, finished 19e7ed273d her thesis, aaa97b2333 passed her 35881feb65 graduation exams, 5631e1b3e4 and even be15d5f357 completed her 941eb65dcc defense. And now, of 1bde362905 all times, she a44edde551 was suddenly possessed?!9bf3fe3c8e9fc36f

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D*mn it, give me e55862a9c0 my diploma back!42d3738a0ea19089

She hadn’t been hit by a reincarnation truck, hadn’t fixated on any particular book character, and had never left a comment saying, “I could do better than the protagonist!”e862c73d7361cffc

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This was beyond 8e2872faa2 unfair.cac00e5df3ccd1cb

She spent 1962afaf21 three months 62d1bfd4e5 doing everything 116b454fbf she could fef8c851e3 to escape 5d52c07006 this situation, f00561ec35 unable to 7b630659b2 let go c3caa8b977 of the 065543ef14 academic journey 43b20de4d6 she had 2a029bf401 barely extended 2507f6d7dc by just de0427658a five centimeters f66694b905 before it 96dc277c83 was completely 102b490821 cut off.f759365005cb5a87

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Finally, the woman—no, ‘Cecilia 4f0a87a4af Weberdin’’—declared her surrender.967c5fc663d94aaa

‘Whatever happens, happens.’26bda83b912f370c

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In the c67bd72a5d middle of 7f4c91707a a garden 50969bdaf1 filled with f95fb2070f the scent 69c597a814 of blooming 89160f8eed flowers, Cecilia 751fe7a777 crumpled up 3f7673eb8d the papers 224ab6b7b3 listing her 30e826faa5 failed Plan 5d1612f7f8 A, B, b2551dccfb and C 0ba74151d9 and slumped 1a0b2ab7c4 into a c7679f0ad3 wrought-iron chair.1b06082a95a05a93

As she 62b54ecbee blankly stared dbe8667df0 up at 2af0d1e049 the dazzlingly 2e51770ff3 clear sky, 272715eab9 oblivious to c7d63bf959 her own 53940cb0ee predicament, a 5f12df1f7f cautious voice 2393be8a34 interrupted her 3e889b87de thoughts.ba5f0409e0bac794

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“Um, my lady. Would you like some tea?”bc1ce0cb1351989d

Her maid, 30c916bc9f Melanie, who d8d9f7cbf3 had her f5949aab7b curly hair 403810efa4 tied up 34e97306b9 high, was 2e28818ed5 carefully gauging 385d04ba9c her mood.5991368671ba7a41

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“An Ame—no, peppermint tea would be nice.”a4913d769262d0eb

‘What kind b4e0bfa482 of world b3071b5e36 is this befd052d4c that doesn’t 6b584269f1 even have d25ceec08a iced Americanos?’cfe8644a671bdbf6

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She felt a 0c8fbb4ce8 sudden surge of fc5431fefe frustration at this 337b0b153b wretched world where 80fd62fa2b even the drinks 5353974846 were disappointing. But even so, b559339d93 Cecilia tried her b8992479fb best to think 344976d99b positively.c3738704131e748c

At least it wasn’t 71ca32426d some sci-fi novel filled ee069bf79e with grotesque creatures. There was 81458ababd only one 5031d781c0 sun, a e68e782fce day was 30fe656a8e still 24 f77285d071 hours long, ea7da689d0 and humans 0b2d41a870 reigned supreme b30aa2bc52 as the 99df32a399 apex predators 2cc8d1c13c of the bedc0c8ec7 ecosystem.4cbc6d9fc358ac63

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Whether these people 58ef3bbf24 were truly Homo 35cecbe17a sapiens like her 918c5b284d or just a 1e63250010 bipedal species that 524bb592d5 happened to resemble 9463a10e5f humans was unclear…70bde046d729deea

Who knew? Maybe if she just drifted along like this, one day, a godlike higher-dimensional being would say, “Oops, my mistake!” and send her back to her original world. Or maybe a doctor would wake her up, saying, “You’ve finally come out of your coma!” and welcome her back to 21st-century society.14559f414ad0bac1

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‘Besides, whether it’s graduation or transmigration, the important thing is—I escaped graduate school!’6bb0ffbfe7496954

Goodbye, miserable grad 3a7ebd3150 school life. Goodbye, even 51af53b734 more miserable fba2683ee7 professors. Farewell to 318b79c602 repetitive experiments 6f703c7d47 and manual 608cc443c7 data entry—she 96edf72d8c was leaving 8986cabf0d the world 86f9adb972 of academia 4f8bbe41b8 behind for 4e6968c102 good.b4855ac525cf9d3b

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Cecilia let out a 1b9f3f2295 laugh, like someone who fa93c48aa1 had completely lost it, ac71f750c2 and resolved to cast 4d50281b86 away all her lingering a7db1fa56e worries and regrets.cc54a7f263927a08

‘Alright then, onto Plan 7e76fc90bb D.’d21a03967ce6a8fb

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She pressed 44cf8224d6 her pen 828d985ed8 firmly against 8ad46f9181 the remaining 01a9eb15c9 blank sheet f9dacfe62d and wrote:dcb39c0dfa8a2039

 479feb7d9c07030f

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For example—romance. Or romance. Or perhaps… romance.9a02817d4bf8e8a7

If this really 31246c3252 was a book 246ac62a02 transmigration, then regardless 02e79dfebc of her original a73335e109 role, she was 7d3cd30563 effectively a main 5f94d0d7a0 character now.b4d94db833bdb897

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‘Even if 3bc93f4c5a Cecilia was f5fb8dda03 just a 7b25897bdc passing extra cc1c7b5116 before, the 2cdda08c25 moment someone 41f9ca1889 transmigrated into 0063c5ea37 her, she 8e3f39c278 became a 39b59d7d34 lead.’83496c900085695f

And judging 84f06ca6a0 by the 653920e0fe fact that 1538108d1a she was 56a975967d a marquis’s dd85d186f0 daughter, this edff51b6de world was a8a639402c most likely bdaf391610 a romance b46ee82874 fantasy. That meant the e1f3c47e18 plot wouldn’t progress 6c2fe19e91 without romance.9e94d4ba5d5161bb

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‘In other 49088a4f63 words, I b0f9777e3a have to c3aab48f90 start dating!’2d367f4c1b17824d

It was absolutely 1994cd469b not because she 64223de26f felt lonely, or a719925357 to satisfy her 6d6c21e64f personal desires, nor 0c15b971b4 was it to 6128be6944 resolve the regret 09f25221c6 of not having 796c2a56f0 met a man 0ae30a5b18 during her long 36994dfb44 graduate school life.b7d3e2f6cde1af9c

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However, even in this f4ed2605d3 final plan, there was 32d802905b one major obstacle.394efa7ff167bc1c

‘You need a partner 2625a45231 to be in a 33c0832b45 relationship.’dbb00e2ac1dfec70

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“There’s no way d036a9746c I’d meet someone dd38cb70e1 decent in this 1ce1c672b9 backwater place…”a69130356e10ee2a

She was just about 31e4c60a8d to crumple up and 42dbf13459 discard Plan D.7cdf5b8dcf7ae9ad

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A tickling sensation 5ba5a32067 at her ankle 62a49f5d09 made Cecilia flinch 51f640bd42 and look down.7d1609e89f0ed47a

“A cat?”95279664b54b3dc4

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A bundle of c4772b4f43 pure white fur—no, 98128aeb71 a cat—was flicking a13f84c33b its fluffy tail e2ca1bb615 near her feet.0ef0cec2c48e172b

‘I never heard of 6baefa53f6 a cat being kept 231814a404 in the garden.’6676fd015b0e22cc

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Besides, the e03fc8c053 marquis’ garden 7fdfcedf45 wasn’t designed e6327c83ed for stray 60a0e988ff cats to 5d76d19050 wander in d0d08daf1f easily. Even at b026ed3bd9 a glance, b372c6870c its well-groomed 96d1befdbb fur and 0d9b15a222 the gold 15c8a4c078 necklace around 825f8a4d2e its neck 532d6002b0 suggested that d735f610f4 it wasn’t b9f6325c47 a stray b1158c6883 cat to aba9f55720 begin with.8250a458bf277b7f

“Where on earth ac7ecf1147 did you come 794c6476eb from?”87fcba837bdc6d2f

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Cecilia, who had always ffc041af7d preferred cats over dogs, 8024330357 cautiously reached out her 0d1c0cff29 hand.8eb53138da9cdca8

However, before 5299de9cc3 her fingers 34a0563611 could even 43754632d2 touch the bbb3c1c6a7 collar, the 5e86894fea cat lowered 09b9f8ed8b its stance 40b7545803 slightly—just like b2f7ef05e7 a hunter—and 2a7d14f80f then leaped 723dd82574 onto Cecilia’s 1cdebca6e4 arm before c40d48d3ec landing gracefully.9e9954f129e24944

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“What the—?!”15dde8c8da160771

Before she fc63bd437e could react, 9571f657f5 it was c90c2ceb41 already over.a90ca30676003435

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Cecilia looked cac2be114d down in b06721c110 shock at 9363c83277 the small c0a5fa929b thief who 7e5de2eca8 had just fe72ebece1 robbed her 8f88c39924 of her f3d56f0369 sapphire bracelet.51ffc09b84665f17

The cat, b0c4bcd4d0 its pupils e13e41df3d narrowed sharply, d29f11e1c7 was holding 07411ceab7 the sparkling 45d74027bb bracelet in de02f31cac its mouth.589b061c37872509

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‘I’ve heard the term “thieving cat” before, but I never thought I’d actually meet one that steals for real.’c68f299070d98559

This otherworldly 37fc5ef2f4 place was 2d7be46fe2 proving to 5a27683234 be truly b3e7030beb terrifying.1cef296dff5361e4

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But whether or not ddf2bf0a19 it understood her distress, faf6456e86 the cat simply flicked f4a8702860 its tail and turned 84a9c6124a away.0c6f43ddb5b5237c

“Wait!”9d062f48e1ef3be2

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Cecilia hastily got c690a15260 to her feet 078e1a6f29 and followed the 119133496b cat, which was 42009c2119 leaving the scene 863210a9df at a leisurely b6ef47281a pace.c5cf3df3285766fc

Neither too 8ddb0ac03e fast nor 5c4d91ba79 too slow, e40d53e322 the cat 237f2cf7db moved forward, 553d68254d and Cecilia, d5100084a6 without thinking, d58d20c678 trailed after 9d6476a90d it.b67f15e0028a8151

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Leaving the 86974dd609 stone path, 1bff296aba crossing the 23b42ee88b garden at 511b39aed0 random, and 6939228db6 passing a a18243d109 large broadleaf 31c1eae5b2 tree, she 2cbe050f08 soon spotted 7f8bac9c07 the outer 840e118b9d wall of d0662976f1 the mansion.e59b26b80417dd13

The cat paused for 5bd8df8a9f a moment, glancing back ece8d507ec at her, then slipped d3599bdc91 through a perfectly round df88efd5c9 hole at the base 61d667dc62 of the wall.888f360dd0707c72

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‘Was there 417bc97806 always a 23860e1f6d hole like 67dbc6a53e this here?’44383f20697aae4d

The hole, seemingly carved 13a564fdd0 out intentionally, was just 12f8fc1556 big enough for a 9bd2bd6768 small person to squeeze 4a8aa4a916 through.6fc9dc619ed93d96

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‘This feels e6e436311e just like a38d665804 that girl c43f69228e chasing the fa55cbce62 white rabbit cf376fb64b in Wonderland.’c9e3419103560d68

Though unlike Wonderland, she 3f51686384 wouldn’t fall endlessly or 2e262cd95f find any cakes that 9f8ae9b4f5 made her grow larger 4c59413e3c on the other side.678e7c12af0ae327

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Pushing aside her idle 39f2fa0d10 thoughts, Cecilia willingly crouched cdd76b45e6 down. More than a 6f71d9a735 sense of adventure, b89595fc04 it was the 06d3c8122e price of the 6835195278 stolen bracelet that 05d7af5cff kept her from 0cf3d42458 giving up and e1bcc44b9e turning back.0641fddb686b982a

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